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Harju maakond

Flag Coat of arms
Capital	Tallinn
Governor	Jaan Mark
Area	4,333 km² (2nd)
Population (as of 2004)  - Density	521,410 (1st) 120.3/km² (1st)
ISO 3166-2	EE-37

Harju County (est: Harju maakond), or Harjumaa, is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in northern Estonia, on the south coast of Gulf of Finland, and borders Lääne-Viru County to the east, Järva County to the south-east, Rapla County to the south, and Lääne County to the south-west.

More than one third of total population of Estonia live in Harju County.

Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is included into the county. Although the City Council of Tallinn has applied to the Government to be given a special status with its own law.

Contents 1 History 2 County Government 3 Municipalities 4 Geography 5 Miscellaneous topics 6 External link

History

County Government

The County Government (est: Maakonnavalitsus) is led by Governor (est: maavanem), who is appointed by the Republican Government for a term of five years. Since 2005 the Governor position is taken by Jaan Mark.

Municipalities

The county is subdivided into municipalities. There are 6 urban municipalities (est: linnad - towns) and 18 rural municipalities (est: vallad - communes) in Harju County.

Urban municipalities:

• 1 Keila
• 2 Loksa
• 3 Maardu
• 4 Paldiski
• 5 Saue
• 6 Tallinn

Rural municipalities:

• 7 Aegviidu
• 8 Anija
• 9 Harku
• 10 Jõelähtme
• 11 Keila
• 12 Kernu
• 13 Kiili
• 14 Kose
• 15 Kuusalu
• 16 Kõue
• 18 Nissi
• 19 Padise
• 20 Raasiku
• 21 Rae
• 22 Saku
• 23 Saue
• 24 Vasalemma
• 25 Viimsi

Geography

Miscellaneous topics

External link

• Harju County Government - Official website (in Estonian)

Counties of Estonia
Harju | Hiiu | Ida-Viru | Järva | Jõgeva | Lääne | Lääne-Viru | Pärnu | Põlva | Rapla | Saare | Tartu | Valga | Viljandi | Võru

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